Adam Graves
Adam Graves ( born April 12, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who for the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks played in the National Hockey League from 1988 to 2003.
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Career
As a junior he played for the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey League. In the NHL Entry Draft in 1986 the Detroit Red Wings the power forward picked in the second round as the 22nd During his last year in Windsor, he also played for Canada at the Junior World Cup. At the end of this year, the Red Wings took him for nine games in the NHL.
In the 1988/89 season Graves played mostly in Detroit, but did still difficult with the level of the NHL and was therefore also repeatedly used in the American Hockey League with the Adirondack Red Wings. After 13 games in the 1989/90 season he was jointly among others delivered by Joe Murphy for some players around Jimmy Carson to the Edmonton Oilers. There, too, he found it hard, and brought it in only 63 games to 21 points. Along with Murphy and Martin Gélinas he played there in the Oilers "Kid Line" which could set the tone in the playoffs and helped also to Wayne Gretzky's departure to pick up again the Stanley Cup to Edmonton.
Managed until after his move to the New York Rangers for the 1991/92 season actually ert the breakthrough. Here he was allowed to play in a similar role as in his junior team. After two years with more than 25 goals he set in the 1993/94 season with 52 goals a team record that was not surpassed until 2006 by Jaromir Jagr. This season, he was able to win, as in Edmonton with captain Mark Messier, his second Stanley Cup. He was elected to this season in the NHL All-Star Game. Five times he surpassed the 20 goals mark in his time until 2001 with the Rangers.
As of the 2001 /02 season, he was still active for two seasons for the San Jose Sharks. After a year without a team, he officially announced his resignation in April 2004.
On 3 February 2009, he was honored before the home game of the New York Rangers against the Atlanta Thrashers in a moving ceremony. His jersey with the number 9 was hung under the roof of Madison Square Garden. The number 9 is not longer available from the New York Rangers in the future.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U20 World Junior Championships 1988
- World Cup 1993
- World Cup of Hockey 1996
- 1999 World Cup
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )